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Re: 16 bit greyscale / grayscale videos [message #69694 is a reply to message #69469]

Tue, 02 February 2010 02:00

MC
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On Jan 21, 9:25 pm, 2...@onetel.com wrote:
> Yes, PNG and TIFF both support 16-bit greyscale storage. However, as i
> understand with TIFF you can create a single file containing multiple
> images, which is more convenient, for passing to animation software,
> whilst PNG only stores one image per file, so that less convenient. Is
> there any way to store multiple PNG images in a single PNG file?
>
> Question then remains is what animation software and movie media will
> retain the 16-bit greyscale fidelity? Most of these do RGB of 8 bit
> for each colour, so that wont retain the full 16-bit greyscale
> fidelity.
>

Not only that, it is unlikely that one can tell the difference between
16bit and 8bit greyscale visually -even if Mach banding effects are
present...

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